AIBU for wanting to try Adderall for age-related fatigue?

The bottom of the normal range for some blood tests in the U.K. is very low. I had ferritin in the 20s and felt awful although it was technically in range. Due to some related conditions they gave me an iron infusion and the difference in my energy levels was huge.

Look at your results and see if you are close to the bottom of the normal range.

Do you have any family history of autoimmune conditions?

“Old to have your first baby” (medically not societally) is not the same as “old”.
Go back to the doctors and get diagnosed. You have strange symptoms, dont self-diagnose.

Blood test results within the normal range - I would take that with a grain of salt. Some countries have low values at the bottom range of normal e.g. ferritin, vitamin B12, etc. You can feel wiped and still have a normal value. I might start by reviewing those. Your level of fatigue is not what one would expect.

I only mentioned Lyme disease because I had a friend who has it (took a while to diagnose) and op's description reminded me of his experience. I also mentioned it as a way to suggest that not everything is tested for so it's possible there is something wrong (yet to be identified) that needs treatment that isn't a dodgy treatment.

The suggested treatment is problematic because it's a fake treatment sold by charlatans with no medical basis and the only possible impact of it would be to make OP even more unwell.

I believe OP is suffering with fatigue.

It could be ME/CFS. However, considering OP is sleeping 10 hours a day and taking extreme amounts of caffeine, and also showing evidence that her thinking is impaired (believing herself to be elderly at 31), the first things she should be considering are lifestyle, and mental health. If a depressed, psychotic drug addict is fatigued, that's not a big mystery- and that's closer to what OP is describing than a rare tick-borne bacterial infection.

@ImImmortalNowBabyDoll do you not believe the OP is struggling with fatigue? I agree the suggested treatment is problematic but desperate people say desperate things.

If you have had thyroid tests (I presume you have) then do you have the results to hand (I don't mean 'normal' I mean the actual figures. Also, ferritin blood test, have you had that?

Chronic Lyme Disease is not a thing.

Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome is a thing but requires that OP has been diagnosed with and treated or Lyme Disease.

Do not add more delusional pseudoscience to OP's already warped brain.

31yo isn’t old, and there is no such thing as age related fatigue at that age. You are making shit up.

Being so fatigued you can't speak isn't even slightly normal for 31.

You're probably overdosing on caffeine and it's affecting your sleep quality.

Also you might well be sleeping too much which makes you more tired.

Stop taking so much caffeine and focus on sleep quality over quantity.

And no, I don't think it's a good idea to buy illegal drugs (which might actually contain anything since you'll be buying them off the black market) because you feel tired.

So therefore you actually think 35 is geriatric?!! You sound a bit bizarre tbh.

Of course 31 is young. And no you shouldn't take speed for 'age related fatigue' because I don't believe such a thing exists at 31.

I could do with some adderall? Where does one find it!

You're talking utter rubbish.

You don’t have ‘age related fatigue’ - you’re not old enough.

Thanks for letting us know 😆 you sound very young indeed or maybe you’re just trying to bait older women. Try better.

Blood tests can be wrong or maybe they are not checking for every possible factor. What does your doctor say? Have they tested for Lyme disease for example?

AI might be abyto help you navigate the health system. I have various health issues and AI has helped me communicate with my GP. It just helps me get my thoughts clear so when I speak to GP I don't miss anything.

If you have any questions about ME/CFS, please feel free to ask. I have it.

I’m going to guess that OP is from the US, because aside from the fact that it’s not even available in the UK, who says so flippantly ‘I feel fatigued, shall I just give this drug a try?’. It’s just not very British culturally to be so lax about amphetamines. That’s like someone saying I feel depressed AIBU to give ket a try? Odd

I'm 37, have a toddler, and have a BMI that is probably close to 40 (dunno, wildly don't care so haven't weighed myself for a long time, but I fill some space so probably around there). I don't feel like you describe, and I only ever have when I am really tortuously sleep deprived (babies!). It's not normal, there's something wrong.

Or you're on the wind up. 🤷‍♀️

Who told you that?

where does your mate expect you can get Adderall from?

are you of Irish or Scottish descent by any chance? You could consider getting your ferritin levels checked. I was like this and it turned out to be haemochromatosis which is relatively prevalent among us Celts!

This feels a bit like a wind up.
You don't need to spend long on MN to know the main demographic are over 35 and pregnancy around and over that age is the ideal here.

thanks for this - thought it was just me!

ummmmmmm ok well good luck with everything!